Used as a verb, in New Zealand it commonly refers to the practice of putting roadcones in eccentric, high-up places, for example flagpoles, statues, church peaks, tall trees and traffic lights; usually by teenagers as a form of dare or attention-seeking. As with tagging and urban culture in general, the main motivation is the expected reaction of the public, and peers - thus it is common for the act to be recorded for posterity with photos and/or video and subsequently posted to social networking sites. Also occasionally called punking.

You can tell it's the holidays, all the traffic lights have been coned at the intersection.